Pepe Escobar

Welcome to the Jungle A troubling new era has begun in Brazil with the election on Sunday of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro as president, writes Pepe Escobar PEPE ESCOBAR It’s darkness at the break of […]

Who profits from the end of the mid-range nuclear treaty? The US move to shelve the Intermediate-range Nuclear-Forces treaty could accelerate the demise of the whole post-WWII Western alliance, and herald a bad remix of […]

Weaponization of the US Dollar Crashing Currency Chaos Spreads Across the Global South PEPE ESCOBAR The Iranian rial: crash. The Turkish lira: crash. The Argentine peso: crash. The Brazilian real: crash. There are multiple, complex, […]

Putin’s Wedding Trip Seals Marriage of Convenience with Merkel Meeting in Berlin could signal a switch in strategy for Germany when it comes to the US dollar and energy security PEPE ESCOBAR August 28, 2018 […]

ER Editor: we also recommend this piece by Viktor Katona of Oilprice.com, Deciphering The New Caspian Agreement for an in-depth look at the new agreement between the states on the Caspian that has taken more than 20 […]

Here’s the real reason the US must talk to Russia A new book details why future historians may well identify Putin’s landmark March 1 speech as the ultimate game-changer in the 21st century New Great […]

Putin and Xi top the G6+1 All hell broke loose at the G6+1, aka G7, while the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) aimed at global integration and a peaceful multipolar order PEPE ESCOBAR East vs. […]

China taking the long road to solve the petro-yuan puzzle A number of pieces have to fall into place before the petrodollar moves into second place PEPE ESCOBAR Few geoeconomic game-changers are more spectacular than […]